Missing Sam

The impact of the death of Sam Rubin was on display as KTLA aired its Oscar night special from the Red Carpet.

Rubin, the longtime and popular KTLA Entertainment Reporter, died in May of last year. KTLA recently got around to replacing Rubin a couple of weeks ago.

The Nexstar station poached Melvin Robert from KTTV to replace Rubin, but he barely had enough time to prepare for the Red Carpet show.

One LA viewer said, “KTLA painfully found out that Sam was the key to getting all those Red Carpet interviews at the Oscars over the years. To say they struggled yesterday was an understatement.”

Hopefully, Robert will catch his groove, but like we said, filling Sam Rubin’s shoes is a big ask.